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2024 Client Impact Report

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Paychex leads the way in making complex HR, payroll, and benefits for business brilliantly simple. By blending technology with the human experience, we deliver on our purpose – helping companies and their workforces succeed. Whether in tough times or when business is booming, we provide our clients with expert HR advice and solutions to support their entrepreneurial spirit.1

global employees2

745,000+

clients2

2024 

Client Impact Report

Founded in 

1971

Locations in 

the U.S., India, 

and Europe

Shareholder Returns

$5.9B 

over 5 years

For the fiscal year ended May 31

Delivering Exceptional Client Service

As a trusted advisor to 745,000+ small- to medium-sized businesses throughout the U.S. and Europe, our clients reward us with their loyalty. Proof of our exceptional client service is illustrated by:

20,000

HR matters addressed

300,000

small business jobs estimated to be saved with our support 

(2021-2024)4 

15

Years

of industry experience 
on average for our HR professionals 

2.2

Million

employees onboarded electronically5 

41.3

Million

Monthly Sessions

11

Million

employee W-2s created

Client Testimonials

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In Their Words

Discovery Senior Living Finds Growth Companion in Paychex PEO

Discovery Senior Living found a vital partner in Paychex PEO to handle its rapid growth and smooth transitions after acquisitions. Expanding from 38 to over 200 communities since 2018, the administrative and compliance obligations increased. Paychex PEO offered a cost-effective solution, efficiently managing HR, payroll, onboarding, training, and ensuring multi-state compliance.

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In Their Words

Everything Under One Roof: Rescue Village

Moving the platform to Paychex Flex® then bringing on Rhonda as our HR liaison for me to be able to bounce things off of her, for her to give me advice … I can contact any of these key people that are assigned to me and be able to say, “I need your help,” and not have to worry about it, because I’m confident that they’ll resolve the issue for me.

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In Their Words

How Paychex Helped Fuel Straine Dental's Climb to the Top

Established 30 years ago, Straine Dental Consulting has enjoyed remarkable growth, expanding to nearly 500 employees spread across 11 states and two countries. The firm credits a key decision for their growth – partnering with Paychex. With Paychex's scalable solutions, they smoothly integrated 40 dental practices and hundreds of employees, all the while ensuring seamless payroll transitions and maintaining compliance.

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In Their Words

You Drive Auto Revs Up HR Management 

You Drive Auto, a multi-site auto dealership that expanded rapidly across states, needed help with complex HR situations. With partnership from a dedicated Paychex HR professional, they could navigate multi-state payroll, employee policies, onboarding processes, and more. 

In Their Words

Pietrzyk Pierogi Finds Key Ingredient For Success

Owner Erica Pietrzyk, a woman in a male-dominated industry, turned her dream into a successful business despite the many hurdles. She partnered with Paychex to help with payroll, insurance, and policy revisions, which allowed her to focus on expansion and inspiring other women in business.

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Supporting Corporate Responsibility

Paychex is committed to contributing to our communities and building on our reputation as one of the world's most admired, ethical, and innovative companies. We annually review our environmental policy, perform enterprise-wide risk assessments, and have an ambition to reach net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050 with interim emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2040. Our core initiatives include:

The Annual United Way Campaign

The Paychex Charitable Foundation

The Paychex Charitable Foundation continued its commitment to supporting well-being, including mental health, physical health, financial health, and professional and skills development. Our foundation also helped launch the Paychex Junior Achievement Discovery Center® to support financial literacy and economic empowerment

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Leading the Industry

As we continue to be the digitally driven HR leader, clients are confident in our industry expertise, innovative solutions, detailed datasets, and consistent growth. We remain committed to helping them streamline HR administration, reclaim valuable time, and shift focus back to core business functions. 

Notable leadership milestones include:

World’s Most Ethical 
Companies®, Ethisphere®  
16-time honoree

America’s Best 

Mid-Size Companies, 

TIME magazine

America’s Most 

Innovative Companies, 

FORTUNE® magazine

Advancing Data, Analytics, and AI Tools

We’re focused on finding new ways to expand the responsible use of data to help simplify HR administration. Paychex is and has always been committed to the privacy, safety, and security of information shared by our clients and their employees and we will continue to take a thoughtful and ethical approach to AI.

Risk assessments, testing, and development processes

98%

of companies expect 
to be using AI in the 
next 12 months3

1 in 12

private sector employees 
in our dataset

Rigorous security standards and internal controls

Driving Thought Leadership

To help businesses succeed, Paychex must be at the cutting edge of what's top of mind for leaders and their teams. Our investments in thought leadership help to build confidence with prospects and loyalty with clients. We understand their unique business needs and the trends facing their companies, and support them with relevant resources related to productivity, operational efficiency, and workforce optimization.
 

Highlights include:

Monthly Small Business Employment Watch reports provide a pulse on small business job and wage growth across the country. These leading economic indicators suggest small businesses remain resilient despite a challenging labor market.

Our HR and business podcasts offer indispensable insights on the most crucial issues facing business leaders and HR professionals. Guests have included actor and entrepreneur Queen Latifah, Nobel Prize® laureate Robert Merton, restauranteur and Food Network® celebrity Robert Irvine, and other leaders in their fields.

Report

Podcasts

Monthly Small Business Employment Watch

HR and Business Podcasts

The Essential Guide of Finding and Keeping Your Dream Team provides business leaders with eight tried and true practices for competing for top talent. 

The 2024 Pulse of HR research found that on average, Millennial and Gen Z workers reported needing an annual salary of $80,000 to live comfortably.

Report

GUIDE

Essential Guide of Finding and Keeping Your Dream Team

2024 Pulse of HR Report

Creating a Compelling Team Experience

At the heart of our success is our 16,000+ engaged employees, who have made us a digital HR leader in the markets we serve. We actively develop a best-in-class workforce and are ranked fourth among the world's top training organizations. 

Highlights include:

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Our Values and Commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility 

Integrity 

Partnership 

Accountability 

Respect 

Innovation

Service 

- be ethical

- be collaborative

- be responsible

- be considerate

- be curious

- be helpful

Paychex continues to prioritize and amplify diversity, equity and inclusion through recruitment, employee resource groups, mentorship programs, training, and pay equity. 

5,100+

hours of workforce training, skills, and leadership development programs were delivered to employees.

49%

of hires were female

17.9%

of employees used the emotional support and 
wellbeing services offered through the company's 
Employee Assistance program, along with 

10%

of eligible household members.

41%

of hires were 
racially diverse

Paychex was included on Forbes' Best Employers for Diversity and Best Employers for Women lists

The Best Years Are Yet To Come

By putting our clients, their workforces, and our teams at the center of what we do, we delivered record-breaking results in FY24, continuing our commitment to being the best operator in the human capital management (HCM) industry. Through our leadership in delivering digital HR technology and advisory services as well as exceptional client experiences, we will capitalize on our sizeable total market opportunity in the years ahead.

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